MSNBC Obama 100-Day Grade Report

Since this is an MSNBC informal poll, I would have expected Obama to be doing better. Especially since the Gallup daily poll has had him at a 60% approval rating almost every day since he took office (65% today). Something is wrong with the Gallup polling though. Rasmussen has him with a 54% approval over-all, with only 34% strongly approving (an A) and 32% strongly disapproving (an F). That seems to match the MSNBC grade results very well. I suspect Gallup is in the tank for Obama.

Update:

As can be seen in the story below, the approval rating myth is perpetuated by the media in general.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Barack Obama is revelling in presidential power and influence unseen in Washington for decades.

Barely 100 days in office, the U.S. president and his Democratic Party have firm control over the White House and Congress and the ability to push through ambitious plans.

Now, with the coming retirement of a Supreme Court justice clearing the way for him to appoint a successor, Obama already is assured a legacy at the top of all three branches of government — executive, legislative and judicial.

On the corporate front, the federal government’s pumping of billions of dollars in bailout money into banks and auto companies has given Obama the power to force an overhaul in those industries, a remarkable intervention in capitalist industries by the state.

Americans are giving him leeway as well. His job approval ratings are well over 60 percent, giving him political capital to undertake big challenges.

Cow manure!